What this game needs: Horde Survival Mode

[phroZac]

Morning, Marines. Hear me out! I'm loving the game but after we've all grown tired of the campaign, what could keep you slugs coming back for more? Here's an idea:

**17 DAYS - Survival Mode**

A horde mode that begins with your squad of ultimate badasses being declared overdue and a countdown of 17 days until they can expect a rescue. Can you last all 17 days or are you doomed in less than 17 hours?

17 increasingly deadly waves of xenos assault your position, testing your defenses, forcing you to scavenge the map for ammo and supplies in between waves where smaller patrols would still be on the hunt. There'd be a scoreboard or even a global leaderboard to track statistics. There could be days of bad weather that would render motion trackers faulty at best, or miles of bad road that prevent the APC from redeploying. Maybe they cut the power? You better get the generators back online! Secondary objectives like rescuing survivors could add score multipliers or additional firepower.

I think this could be an awesome way to give the game some longevity since it may be awhile till the next combat drop. Tindalos, what say you? Can you make this dream a reality?

[The Grimm Reefer]

+1 but honestly i'll throw money at any content they make. gameplay, cosmetics, a dlc that consists of nothing other than a letter that says "haha" somewhere in a mission for 20 bucks. yup i'm down.

[phroZac]

Lol same. Any DLC this game gets, I'm down. I just want a horde mode since I find them infinitely replayable and I just can't get enough of Colonial Marine squad tactics.

[Zeradus]

OOOh hear me out, a horde mode mission that will allow you to lower the global infestation level one full level by completing it fully. To me that seems like it would be a pretty nice time/difficulty trade off.

[Darkwood]

17 days is nice, but I would also like an infinite wave survivalz

You have a fortification that you can man with your crew, that you can assign each of them to which ever man-able point you want them to hold down and defend.

With every wave you earn experience so your platoon can level up and get more capabilities, to coincide with the increasing strength of the aliens. Every 5th wave, there is a supply drop outside the fortification your crew needs to venture forth and collect: ammo, medkits, tools, sentry guns, materials, etc., and whatever alien bio samples are harvestable from the corpse’s all outside your fortification.

Failure to collect a supply drop would potentially end the run, as you may run out of ammo, materials/tools to repair/upgrade defences in the fortification.

Just a rough, but we all know what a lively, stressful, and good kind of infinite wave survival mission would entail.


Just started playing this, but just wish there was a survival mode. May they will release a dlc for the game; it is desperately needed.

[phroZac]

Originally posted by Darkwood:

17 days is nice, but I would also like an infinite wave survivalz

Just started playing this, but just wish there was a survival mode. May they will release a dlc for the game; it is desperately needed.

Sadly, I think dev support for this game has long since ended. Hopefully, they're working on a bigger, better sequel and these game modes are included.

[Darkwood]

Originally posted by phroZac:

Originally posted by Darkwood:

17 days is nice, but I would also like an infinite wave survivalz

Just started playing this, but just wish there was a survival mode. May they will release a dlc for the game; it is desperately needed.

Sadly, I think dev support for this game has long since ended. Hopefully, they're working on a bigger, better sequel and these game modes are included.

Ended!? This thing isn’t even a year old!? Can’t remember when it released, but it was like last year?

How do they not support a game that is as awesome as this!?